best practices when getting a car towed

Ensure Your Patrons Always Have A Parking Spot Available To Them By Having Non-Patron's Cars Towed From Your Lot

If you own a business that has a private parking lot available for your customers but always seem to have the spots taken up by people not patronizing your establishment, it can create a frustrating situation. Fortunately, there is something you can do if this situation arises. Use the following guide to learn how to have non-patrons removed from your parking lot so that your customers can always have a place to park when they come to shop at your business.

Contract a Local Towing Company

The first thing you need to do is meet with a local auto towing company and talk to them about the situation. Let them know that you would like to contact them to come to your business when needed to remove vehicles from individuals you are parking in your parking lot without visiting your business. Once a contract is created, you will be able to call them and have any vehicles towed that need to be towed quickly and easily.

Display Proper Signage

The towing company will need to display a sign in your parking lot that states that anyone parking in the lot who is not a patron of your business will be towed and that the towing costs will have to be paid by the owner of the vehicle. The company will put their information on the sign so that anyone who is towed can contact them directly to get their vehicle back.

Add Security Cameras to the Parking Lot

You need to be sure that you have video footage that proves that someone parked their car in your lot without visiting your store. If they are towed, you can show them the video and provide it to the towing company, if the person tries to sue them for towing the vehicle.

Contact the Towing Company Consistently

You need to be sure to contact the towing company on a consistent basis to have the cars removed from your lot. The word that you tow vehicles who park on your property without shopping in your store will get out in the community and you should start to see a decrease in improper parking in a very short period of time.

It is best to hire the towing company as soon as you can if you want to be able to fix the problem in a short period of time. The company should be able to get their sign up within a few days and then you can start calling to have cars removed immediately following the hanging of the sign.


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